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Given the degree to which AP and NWP teachers are embracing and using digital tools, it is not surprising that they are making these tools a key part of their teaching practices.  In addition to desktop and laptop computers and classroom projectors, significant portions of these teachers report cell phones, digital cameras and recorders, e-readers […]

Parents say libraries are very important places for their children because reading is a key part of parent-child interactions and libraries provide extra resources not available in their homes

Calling others for purchasing advice Women are more likely than men to have recently used their cell phone to call someone for advice or recommendations about a purchase they were considering making. Young adults, smartphone owners, and cell owners with at least some college experience are all relatively likely to have taken part in this […]

This study is the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project’s first extensive examination of teachers’ perceptions of the positive and negative impacts of a rapidly evolving technological environment on teachers’ professional activities and how that new environment has impacted teachers’ own tech use.  This research was developed to explore not only teachers’ assessments of students’ […]

For one-third of U.S. adults, the internet is a diagnostic tool As of September 2012, 81% of U.S. adults use the internet and, of those, 72% say they have looked online for health information in the past year. Since online personal diagnosis is a scenario that has intrigued observers for years – and caused some […]